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Diatome Sire Sicambre Grandsire Prince Bio Dam Dictaway Damsire Honeway Sex Stallion Foaled 1962 Country Great Britain Colour Dark Bay Breeder Baron Guy de Rothschild Owner Baron Guy de Rothschild Trainer Geoffroy Watson Record 12: 6-5-1 Earnings F 1,643,013 + US$90,000 Major wins Prix Noailles (1965)
Prix du Prince d'Orange (1965)
Washington, D.C. International (1965)
Prix Ganay (1966)
Prix Boiard (1966)Honours Prix Diatome at Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud Horse (Equus ferus caballus) Last updated on October 7, 2006 Diatome (1962–1985) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse owned and bred by the French banker, Baron Guy de Rothschild.
A descendant of Prince Palatine, Diatome won important races in France but had the bad luck of being foaled the same year as superstars Sea Bird and Reliance. He finished second to Reliance in the Prix du Jockey Club and the Grand Prix de Paris. In the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Diatome finished third behind Reliance and winner Sea Bird. However, he earned a prestigious victory in the United States in the 1965 Washington, D.C. International at the Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland.
Diatome was retired to stud in 1967 at his owner's Haras de Meautry and in 1975 was sent to a breeding farm in Japan. He died on October 8, 1985.
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Categories:- 1962 racehorse births
- 1985 racehorse deaths
- Thoroughbred racehorses
- Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom
- Racehorses trained in France
- French racehorses
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